Ben locked his eyes on mine for a long moment. Then, “How?” “How do you think?” I smiled, then slapped him full across the face

I've been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don't like a lot of verbiage in there.

Chance wore a white tuxedo with tails. On anyone else? Doopy. On him? Yes, please.

Death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity.

Who's going to rob us? A crackhead crab? A jellyfish junkie?

Why do all your brilliant ideas involve felonies?

I've never lost my capacity to be shocked.

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

Channel your outrage ... Do that which you are able to do.

Though a good cop, Luc Claudel has the patience of a firecracker, the sensitivity of Vlad the Impaler, and a persistent skepticism as to the value of forensic anthropology. Snappy dresser, though.

Experience is a valuable thing. It enables us to recognize mistakes when we repeat them.

One of the major differences between successful people and unsuccessful people is that they never stop trying in whatever it is that they do.

The mouth is but a megaphone to the desires of the heart.

I've just had a really evil idea.""My favourite kind

As you see, it is not that I don't know my own mind, I know it very well but only up to a certain point in the matter. I know perfectly well what the question is. It's the answer I want.

Midway in our life's journey, I went astray from the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood.

There's a consistency in my work that pops up independent of the limitations of the technology.

(about Dr. Po) Just another quack spouting psychobabble.

By far the most common craving of pregnant women is not to be pregnant.

Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray.

Losers blame their parents; Failures blame their kids.